Indian Community Advisory Group

john luke made this Official Information request to Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board

The request was successful.

From: john luke

Dear Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board,

I noted on the DPMC website,

"KASANJI, Mrs Ruxmani Vanmali, For services to the Indian community, Mrs Ruxmani Kasanji became the first Headmistress of the Wellington Indian Association (WIA) Gujarati Language School for Children in 1969, managing a staff of nine voluntary teachers. Mrs Kasanji taught Gujarati on a weekly basis between 1958 and 1973 with an annual roll of around 175 to 200 students aged five to 13 years. She played a key role in the establishment of the Indian Women’s Committee, known as Mahila Samaj, at the WIA. This committee focused on women’s welfare and fundraising and she was Secretary from 1971 until 1988. She was made a Life Member of WIA in 1994, one of only two women in the WIA’s history to receive this recognition. She has been a member of the Indian Senior Citizens Group since 2015. She helped establish Yoga in Daily Life Society in Wellington in 1993 and served on the Board from 1996 to 2010. She was President in the mid-1990s and Vice President from 2012 to 2015. She was a member of the Indian Community Advisory Group of Te Papa Tongarewa for the ‘Aainaa’ exhibition and has continued as an Indian community advisor for the museum until the present. Mrs Kasanji has donated personal objects to the museum for Indian cultural collections and was featured in the ‘Passports’ exhibition."

I would like to understand who else is on your Indian Community Advisory Group and how is the group been selected? Has they been paid any fees for attend meetings or any of their expense been reimbursed? Besides, the Indian Community Advisory Group, do you have any other type of Advisory Group?

Yours faithfully,

john luke

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From: john luke

Dear Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board,

May I confirm that you have received my OIA request? Thanks

Yours faithfully,

john luke

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From: john luke

Dear Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board,

May I confirm that you have received my OIA request?

Yours faithfully,

john luke

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board

John Luke,

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 13 February 2020. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

As Te Papa can establish advisory groups for short term projects it would be useful to know if you are interested in a particular time period or subject matter area?

With regards to the Indian Community Advisory Group the following link provides details of the group. The members of the group were volunteers and were not paid. Reasonable travel expenses would have been reimbursed for attendance.

https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/sites/default...

Regards

Te Papa

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From: john luke

Dear OIA,

May I ask for the advisory group established for the past 5 years and what is the current status for these groups. Cheers

Yours sincerely,

john luke

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From: OIA
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Board


Attachment Advisory Groups.xlsx
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Attachment Letter Response to OIA request Advisory Groups 13 Feb.pdf
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Please see the attached letter and spreadsheet detailing various advisory
groups.

 

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